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Book Recommendations
It’s impossible to be a good scholar—or writer—if you aren’t at least a respectable reader. Some books, however, are WAY better than others. If you want to be the best student, researcher, and writer you can possibly be…
Or, if you want to be one of those interesting, erudite people who always have fascinating stories at parties…These are the books we’d ask you to read.
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Four Steps to Funding by Dr. Morgan Giddings
The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr
The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker
How to Edit and Be Edited by Allegra Huston
Connection by Randy Olson
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
The Wayfinders (CBC Massey Lectures) by Wade Davis
Emily Post’s Etiquette by Lizzie Post & Daniel Post Senning
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Favorite Tech, Apps, Study Tools, and Other Things to Make Your Life Easier
brain.fm
Have trouble focusing? This app is absolute magic. I’ve used it for over 8,000 hours myself!
ResumeGenius
We love this tool for building a sharp-looking resume/CV as quickly as possible.
Claude.ai
Literally the ONLY AI we recommend to improve your writing. It’s light years better than all the others.
Essay.app
Want to get A’s on every paper you ever write? This app almost guarantees it. It’s really amazing.
The Time Block Planner
A Daily Method for Deep Work in a Distracted World
by Cal Newport